diff --git a/MC/CustomGenerators/DPG/PerformanceGenerator_Pileup.C b/MC/CustomGenerators/DPG/PerformanceGenerator_Pileup.C
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+#if !defined(__CINT__) || defined(__MAKECINT__)
+#include "TString.h"
+#include "AliCDBManager.h"
+#include "AliCDBEntry.h"
+#include "TSystem.h"
+#include "AliTriggerConfiguration.h"
+#include "AliTriggerBCMask.h"
+#include "AliLumiTools.h"
+#endif
+
+TString GetMaskMu(int run, double& mu, double xsecBarn = 8.0)
+{
+  AliCDBManager* man = AliCDBManager::Instance();
+  if (gSystem->AccessPathName("OCDB.root", kFileExists)==0) {     
+    man->SetDefaultStorage("local://");
+    man->SetRaw(kFALSE);
+    man->SetSnapshotMode("OCDB.root");
+  }
+  else if (!man->IsDefaultStorageSet()) {
+    man->SetDefaultStorage("raw://");
+  }
+  man->SetRun(run);
+  AliCDBEntry* entry = man->Get("GRP/CTP/Config");
+  const AliTriggerConfiguration* cf = (const AliTriggerConfiguration*)entry->GetObject();
+  const AliTriggerBCMask* mask = (const AliTriggerBCMask*)cf->GetMasks()[0];
+  TString maskStr = mask->GetTitle();
+  int nbc = mask->GetNUnmaskedBCs();
+  double lumi = AliLumiTools::GetLumiFromCTP(run)->GetMean(2);
+  mu = lumi*xsecBarn / 11245.;
+  return maskStr;
+}
+
+void  AddNuclei(AliGenCocktail *ctl);
+AliGenerator* PerformanceGenerator();
+
+
+AliGenerator * GeneratorCustom() {
+  Int_t nrun = atoi(gSystem->Getenv("CONFIG_RUN"));
+  printf("Configuration for run %d\n",nrun);
+  Double_t mu=0.001; 
+  TString bcm=GetMaskMu(nrun,mu);
+  // swap H and L to match requirement of AliGenPileup
+  bcm.ReplaceAll("H","X");
+  bcm.ReplaceAll("L","H");
+  bcm.ReplaceAll("X","L");
+  //printf("   BC mask = %s\n",bcm.Data());
+  printf("   mu = %f\n",mu);
+  printf("   Energy = %f\n",energyConfig);
+  
+  // Set the pileup interaction generator
+  // The second argument is the pileup rate
+  // in terms of event rate per bunch crossing
+  AliGenPileup *genpil = new AliGenPileup();
+
+  AliGenCocktail *ctl    = (AliGenCocktail*)GeneratorCocktail("Hijing+Generator for performance (tracking,PID) studies with pileup");
+  AliGenHijing *hijing = (AliGenHijing*)GeneratorHijing();
+  AliGenerator   *genJet = (AliGenerator*)PerformanceGenerator();
+  ctl->AddGenerator(hijing,    "Hijing", 1.);
+  AddNuclei(ctl);
+  ctl->AddGenerator(genJet,"Generator for performance (tracking,PID) studies",1);
+
+  genpil->SetGenerator(ctl,mu);
+  // Set the beam time structure
+  // Details on the syntax in STEER/AliTriggerBCMask
+  genpil->SetBCMask(bcm.Data());
+  // Generate the trigger interaction
+  genpil->GenerateTrigInteraction(kTRUE);
+  genpil->Print();
+  
+  return genpil;
+}
+
+
+/// Make performance generator with flat 1/pt and flat pdg () input jets
+/// Jet multiplicity smeared (Poisson) with mean value nJets
+/// * nJets  defaults
+///   * 1  for pp
+///   * 2  for pPb
+///   * 10 for PbPb
+/// * Number of jets can be overwritten by env variable PerformanceGenerator_nJets
+/// \return Performance Generator
+AliGenerator* PerformanceGenerator() {
+  Printf("======= GeneratorCustom ======");
+  gSystem->Load("libEVGEN");
+  Int_t nJets =1;
+  if (systemConfig.EqualTo("Pb-Pb")) {
+    nJets=10;
+  }
+  if (systemConfig.EqualTo("p-Pb") || systemConfig.EqualTo("Pb-p") ) {
+    nJets=2;
+  }
+  // default value for injected fraction of jets
+  if (gSystem->Getenv("PerformanceGenerator_nJets")) nJets= atoi(gSystem->Getenv("PerformanceGenerator_nJets"));
+  //
+  AliGenPerformance *genPerformance= new AliGenPerformance("AliGenPerformance", AliGenPerformance::kStream| AliGenPerformance::kStreamEvent); //
+  genPerformance->SetNJets(nJets);
+  printf("AliGenPerformance:   Mean number of jets\t%d\n",nJets);
+  TF1* f1pt = new TF1("f1pt","1-10*x",0.0003,0.1);             //
+  TF1* fPDG = new TF1("f1pt","x",1,6);                         // flat pdg distribution
+  genPerformance->SetFunctions(f1pt,0,0,0,fPDG);
+  return genPerformance;
+}
+
+
+/// add Nuclei into performance cocktail (Deuterium, Triton, He3,He4)
+/// Mean number of added particles 5 x 8 for PbPb and 0.5x8 for p-p
+/// Using AliGenFunction
+///     * AliGenFunction to be checked (position)
+
+void AddNuclei(AliGenCocktail *ctl) {
+  Int_t kHe3 = 1000020030;
+  Int_t kHe4 = 1000020040;
+  Int_t kDeuteron = 1000010020;
+  Int_t kTriton = 1000010030;
+  Int_t pdgCode[8] = {-kDeuteron, kDeuteron, -kTriton, kTriton, -kHe3, kHe3, -kHe4, kHe4};
+  Int_t nPart =1;
+  if (systemConfig.EqualTo("Pb-Pb")) {
+    nPart=5;
+  }
+  if (systemConfig.EqualTo("p-Pb") || systemConfig.EqualTo("Pb-p") ) {
+    nPart=1;
+  }
+  for (Int_t iPart = 0; iPart < 8; iPart++) {
+    AliGenFunction *generPerformance = new AliGenFunction;
+    generPerformance->SetNumberParticles(nPart);
+    TF1* f1pt = new TF1("f1pt","1/x",0.5,20);  /// flat 1/pt form 0.5-20 GeV/c             //
+    f1pt->SetNpx(1000);
+    TF1* fPDG = new TF1("fpdg","1",pdgCode[iPart]-0.5,pdgCode[iPart]+0.5);                         // mean number of nuclei injected
+    TF1 *fphi   = new TF1("fphi","1",-3.14,3.14);
+    TF1 *ftheta = new TF1("ftheta","TMath::Gaus(x,TMath::Pi()/2,0.3)",-3.14,3.14);
+    TF3 *fpos = new TF3("fpos","1+(x+y+z)*0",-0.02,0.02,-0.02,0.02,-5,5);
+    generPerformance->SetFunctions(f1pt,fphi,ftheta,fpos,fPDG);
+    generPerformance->SetCylinder(100,-1,1);
+    generPerformance->SetBkG(0.2);
+    ctl->AddGenerator(generPerformance,TString::Format("Generator for performance (tracking,PID) studies %d",iPart).Data(),1);
+  }
+}